Spiritual Watershed Moment During The Trump Campaign

Donald Trump has a burden for our broken inner cities. Their infrastructure is deplorable, and their neglect is great. A few months ago, Dr. Ben Carson arranged for Trump to meet with key spiritual leaders in black Protestant churches in Detroit, Michigan. They laid hands on Trump and prayed with him. Like modern day prophets, they told Trump that his opponents would vilify him to no end. His opposition would be enough to make the average man throw in the towel. They said however, that the Lord had His hand on him and would enable him and see him through.

Trump has also had meetings with James Dobson, other evangelistic leaders, and has been endorsed by the American Renewal Project. The Renewal Project are Protestant pastors across denominational lines, who are praying with urgency for renewal, political involvement, and revival in America! I am grateful to be one of them. Pray that Donald Trump would submit to the Lord, and that real spiritual change would reign in his heart. Donald Trump seems very receptive to the tutelage of Christian mentors.

Do not lose sight that the political outcome of this election was allowed by the Lord. Quite frankly, after the last two elections I really wondered if the Lord was finished with America. The results from November 8 are an indication of His grace. Hillary Clinton thought it was all over except for the shouting. The planets all had to align perfectly for a Trump upset and they did. What was the difference? Evangelicals actually got out and did what they are SUPPOSE to do. Now, Christians need to continue to repent, pray, fast, and in some cases we need to become politically involved ourselves.

2 Chronicles 7:14 King James Version (KJV)

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Blessings, Pastor Steve

Pray For Revival In America!

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The Lord Did Indeed Place Donald Trump In Office –

The following article is a good one, however, seems to imply that the Lord intervened in the voting process several hours into the evening of November 8. Since the ballets were already turned in and the voting was nearly finished, that makes little sense to me. We are thankful for all the believers who prayed during the election returns throughout the evening, yet the Lord honored the prayers of all the saints during the days, weeks, months and years PRIOR to the election. It was already a done deal. It simply all played itself out through the voting process:

In direct contrast, the mood in the camp of the Democratic Party presidential candidate was described as confident, expectant and already almost celebratory.

Giddy.

When the first polls closed on the East Coast and the first results began to come in, those moods seemed to be swiftly confirmed by reality. The pre-election polls were not wrong. Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton immediately took the lead.

And she was winning in the battleground states.

She was leading in Florida. She was leading in North Carolina. She was leading in Pennsylvania. She was leading in Ohio. Clinton was threatening to pull away and end the suspense early.

At 7 p.m., there was no sign of a popular uprising led by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. There was no sign at 8 p.m. There was still no sign as time inexorably marched on.

Something would have to break.

And then it did.

Like a scene out of the film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” people had begun to pray.

But not just in one small town. Across America. And around the world.

Simple acts of faith heralded the first faint wisps of a breeze that would soon become a storm that would shake the world.

It began in Jerusalem.

Christians from many nations gathered in the heart of Israel to pray and fast for the fate of the United States. Americans knelt on stage as the faithful prayed. Organizers instructed them to pray like never before for a just God to deliver his most Christian nation. They called it the Jerusalem Global Gathering.

Christians in Jerusalem pray for America

Christians also gathered to pray for the nation outside the U.S. Capitol. As WND reported, pastor Dan Cummins of the small rural East Texas town of Bullard led prayers for a return to biblical principles.

JoAnn and Dan Cummins lead prayers on election night in front of the U.S. Capitol

And it was in Texas that the prayers for deliverance were sent around the world, using modern technology.

A large prayer group had gathered in Dallas, hosted by Ken Copeland ministries. It was broadcast by the Daystar channel. Presenters David Barton and former Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., invited viewers to join in prayer.

Daystar has a global reach of 400 million potential viewers.

As they prayed, something began to stir.

“At the precise moment we began broadcasting on Daystar,” Bachmann told WND, “as the polls were still open, and a national audience of believers joined together and prayed in concert, we literally saw the race break in favor of Trump.”

“The Times put out a timeline tracking the election results as they broke for Trump last night,” Bachmann continued. “We went wild in the Dallas studio last night when David Barton, Ken and Terri Copeland, and various pastors saw that the victory for Trump began exactly at the precise moment believers corporately, over national television, sought the Lord for His favor upon our nation.”

“We knew it was at the exact same time that believers joined in corporate prayer on behalf of voting for a godly platform. Believers brought the Lord into this election, and that made all the difference,” added the devout believer.

“That is the story of last night’s victory. I have no doubt. The strong right arm of a holy God heard the prayers of His people and graciously answered our prayers,” Bachmann reflected.

“It truly explains the Trump victory. I have no doubt. No man can take the credit. Only the strong right arm of a merciful God.”

But that was in harmony with the “believers interceding on behalf of the American election last night in Jerusalem, praying in concert with those of us praying in America.”

And there is no doubt someone was listening.

In addition to the hundreds-of-millions of viewers within Daystar’s reach, the event drew about a million views online.

Bachmann said there had been a genuine repentance and coordinated beseeching of God. She told WND, “We saw the effective fervent prayers of righteous believers availing much.”

“And, prayers so specific,” she explained, “we prayed for elections by county and cities and districts. We literally watched results follow the faithful effectual prayers of righteous people who had humbled themselves and cried out to God for his mercy. This wasn’t credit for us; this was clearly the Lord’s gracious doing.”

Bachmann proclaimed, “It is the story of the night and the biggest story of the year. I have no doubt.”

“We were told more believers came out to vote in this election than ever before,” she reflected, and the numbers confirmed that.

So, what did happen around 8 p.m. Eastern time, when the Times indicated the odds favoring Trump began a dramatic turnaround in his favor?

Did prayers sway the vote, or did they coincide with the moment the tabulations began to swing to Trump?

Either way, there could be a case to be made that the Trump victory was not really the work of man, because man chose Clinton.

She won the popular vote. Just as the polls predicted.

But it was where those people voted that made all the difference. Providentially, perhaps, the shift toward Trump happened in the key swing states needed to push him over the top in the all-important Electoral College.

From that perspective, Trump’s victory might indeed be seen, even by the skeptical, as less the work of man, and more of an act of God.

Thessalonians 4:16: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God.”

I am a pastor of a Southern Baptist Church. My wife and I are empty nesters, having raised our four children, two boys and two girls. We are born again Christians, and believe the Bible is our road map for life, and God's manual for our earthly journey. Philippians 1:21 "To live is Christ, to die is gain."